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All those old players from the 80s played in a different, less physical and athletic era

All the 80's stars would be role players at best if they played now

Magic Johnson = Grant Hill (2010 hill)

Bird = Kapono

Barkley = Mbah a Moute

Jordan = Vince carter (2010 vince)

Moses Malone = Kurt thomas (not sure if hes still playin but he did last year)

Jame Worthy = D League Antoine Walker

Kevin Mchale = Timofey Mozgov

I disagree with your assessments completely. Jordan = Vince Carter? Please...Carter jams his finger and he's out for a month. MJ had heart and determination beyond anything we can imagine, plus MJ played (and beat, to my detriment) against the roughest Knicks teams ever (Oakley and Mason smacking dudes around).

I disagree that the 80s were softer. In the day of hand checks (today), the league rules have changed to protect the scorer, they've added levels of flagrant fouling. To me, this league is MUCH softer (even if more athletic) than the one from the 90s and 80s.

And it's hard to compare athleticism, because in today's day and age we have weight training and exercise sciences beyond what we could have imagined in the 80s, when they barely even had gatorade. These talents, growing up now, would have gone to Nike Basketball Camp, been groomed since the 6th grade with strict training and diet regimes designed to boost their speed, ability and strength. So it's totally impossible to compare.

I disagree with your assessments completely. Jordan = Vince Carter? Please...Carter jams his finger and he's out for a month. MJ had heart and determination beyond anything we can imagine, plus MJ played (and beat, to my detriment) against the roughest Knicks teams ever (Oakley and Mason smacking dudes around).

I disagree that the 80s were softer. In the day of hand checks (today), the league rules have changed to protect the scorer, they've added levels of flagrant fouling. To me, this league is MUCH softer (even if more athletic) than the one from the 90s and 80s.

And it's hard to compare athleticism, because in today's day and age we have weight training and exercise sciences beyond what we could have imagined in the 80s, when they barely even had gatorade. These talents, growing up now, would have gone to Nike Basketball Camp, been groomed since the 6th grade with strict training and diet regimes designed to boost their speed, ability and strength. So it's totally impossible to compare.

But I can't disagree more with your comparisons.

just take a look at the role players from back then, those guys were scrubs

Jordan was still a chump, the refs carried that bum

Vince >> Mgay

Kevin Love >> anyone from the 80's

90's players were sorta softer too

Originally Posted by ronoranina

This is some of the dumbest shat I've seen on KO! ALL OF THOSE GUYS ARE TOP 50 PLAYERS!!

In whose top 50? Most of the top 50 players all time are still in the nba